The Ducks will recall goaltender Timo Pielmeier to backup Jonas Hiller for Wednesday's game against Colorado.

Pielmeier, 20, is expected to arrive from Bakersfield of the ECHL in time for the 7 p.m. game. He will wear No.30.

The recall is necessary after the Ducks made a flurry of moves before Wednesday's trade deadline that re-arranged their goalie depth chart.

Former backup Vesa Toskala was traded to Calgary for goalie Curtis McElhinney while the Ducks acquired goalie Joey MacDonald from Toronto in a separate deal. Neither MacDonald or McElhinney would be able to make the game.

In good times and bad over his seven-year NHL career, Vesa Toskala could at least count on playing but he's been reduced to certain backup status with the Ducks since his arrival from Toronto.

Jonas Hiller started his eighth consecutive game against Edmonton in the Ducks' 7-3 win despite playing against Calgary less than 18 hours before. Toskala, who struggled mightily with the Maple Leafs, is merely waiting for his first opportunity with his new team.

“I don't decide that,” Toskala said after a recent morning skate in Calgary. “I just try to work hard every day and try to be ready when it's my turn. We'll see.”

Unless his game completely goes south or gets injured, Hiller will be leaned on by the Ducks for their playoff push after the Olympic break. Toskala won't have many opportunities but he certainly has motivation to play.

Even though it's all but certain that he won't be re-signed by the Ducks in the off-season, the 32-year-old goalie would like to show his current club or any other that he can still start for a team.

CALGARY, Alberta -- Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller has been a busy man the last two months and his workload only figures to increase not only in the coming days but for the remainder of the season.

And given that he's now the club's undisputed No. 1 goalie, Hiller has taken to being the one that team's leaning on. He's had just four nights off since Dec. 12 and it appears that there won't be many more even with veteran Vesa Toskala now serving as his backup instead of Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

This is what he wanted since he signed with the Ducks as a sought-after free agent out of Switzerland nearly three years ago.

"I feel pretty good," Hiller said. "I'm definitely happy that I have James [Partida] around so I can get a massage once in a while and flush it out. You're legs are not going to be 100 percent every game but I think the mental part makes up a lot.

"Mentally, I feel fresh. I'm still excited to play all those games. So I'm not too worried. There's always a little ache here and there but nothing major. Nothing I couldn't handle."

Vesa Toskala took the ice for the first time as a Duck after he cleared immigration. Toskala said the main issue was getting an appointment with the proper office mainly so he could get his passport stamped.

"They are not flexible there," he said.

Toskala has a work history in the U.S. from his days in San Jose, but he said a work visa is canceled when one moves back to another country, in his case Canada.

Toskala talked about his new role with the Ducks, and he let it be known he doesn't see himself as a backup goalie. We'll have more on that later.

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Ducks have traded Jean-Sebastien Giguere, the franchise's all-time winningest goalie, to the Toronto Maple Leafs and they will receive goalie Vesa Toskala and winger Jason Blake in return, the Orange County Register has learned.

Giguere received a telephone call and learned of the potential move when he reached the Tampa Bay Lightning's suburban practice facility. The 32-year-old was in full gear but did not take the ice as players and coaches stepped off to hug him before he took the team bus back to the hotel.

Sources close to the team said Giguere waived his no-trade clause after heading back to pack his belongings and that he was willing to do so as he'll be reunited with former Ducks general manager Brian Burke and longtime goalie coach Francois Allaire.

Though it was clear that the Ducks wanted to deal Giguere, there was only fondness that emanated from the team he backstopped to the 2003 Stanley Cup final and the 2007 Cup championship -- the first in club history and first for a California-based team.

"J.S. is as classy and professional as they come," Ducks general manager Bob Murray said. "On behalf of the organization, we thank him for his tremendous contributions for the franchise both on and off the ice, not the least of which were two trips to the Stanley Cup final and one championship. We wish him well in Toronto."